Alpha-kinase 1 is a cytosolic innate immune receptor for bacterial ADP-heptose.
Zhou, P., She, Y., Dong, N., Li, P., He, H., Borio, A., Wu, Q., Lu, S., Ding, X., Cao, Y., Xu, Y., Gao, W., Dong, M., Ding, J., Wang, D.C., Zamyatina, A., Shao, F.(2018) Nature 561: 122-126
- PubMed: 30111836 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0433-3
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5Z2C - PubMed Abstract: 
Immune recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern recognition receptors often activates proinflammatory NF-κB signalling 1 . Recent studies indicate that the bacterial metabolite D-glycero-β-D-manno-heptose 1,7-bisphosphate (HBP) can activate NF-κB signalling in host cytosol 2-4 , but it is unclear whether HBP is a genuine PAMP and the cognate pattern recognition receptor has not been identified ...